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pinfa and fire safety in e-mobility
infa’s vision for sustainable fire safety Adrian Beard, pinfa Chairperson and Clariant, outlined pinfa’s vision, which is to improve fire safety and to reduce smoke impacts, whilst improving the environmental and health profile of flame retardants, their compatibility with recycling and their biodegradability. PIN flame retardants are the way forward.
READ MOREMaterials fire safety challenges and solutions
Franz Janson, TE Connectivity TE Connectivity has been developing and supplying connectivity and sensing products for over 75 years, including for transport systems and vehicles, industry and communications installations and equipment.
READ MOREDevelopments in fire standards for emobility
Thomas Wagner, UL As Business Manager Automotive at UL (Underwriters Laboratories), Thomas Wagner outlined new standards available or under development to ensure the fire safety of electric cars.
READ MOREEuropean Fire Safety Week
The European Fire Safety Week was organised for its second year in 2020 and aimed to improve awareness of fire safety for stakeholders and EU policy makers.
READ MOREFire risks of road vehicles and medical consequences
Paul Otxoterena, RiSE Fire contributes to road accident deaths: around 5% of road fatalities in Sweden involve vehicle fires, with cause of death attributable only to fire in one third of cases.
READ MORESpecific fire safety challenges of electric vehicles
David Qi, RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers Laurent Tribut, Schneider Electric
READ MOREE-vehicles bring new risks into buildings
Dieter Brants, Hulpverleningszone Oost The fire load of electric vehicles with batteries and the heat release rate in fire are similar to that of conventional vehicles with fuel.
READ MORENew test method for facades underway
Lars Boström, RiSE, at an online webinar, presented progress to finalise the new EU building façade fire test.
READ MOREFire safety in building sustainability labels
A webinar discussed the feasibility of a fire safety rating scheme for buildings based on a safety assessment model. The event was organised by the “European Fire Safety Community”, which is an in...
READ MORESynergist to improve PIN FR thermoplastics
BYK has launched a non-halogenated synergist which improves fire performance, processing and material properties,
READ MOREDietzel Univolt PIN FR “HFT” cable conduits
Innovating in cable conduits since 1938, the Austrian company Dietzel Univolt considers its range of “HFT Next generation” LSF0H (Low Smoke and Flame, Zero Halogen) conduits as a frontrunner in su...
READ MOREPIN FR innovation for lithium ion batteries
Scientists have developed low weight, high-safety components to improve lithium ion batteries, using phosphorus PIN FRs.
READ MOREPIN FRs strong in alternatives ‘Marketplace’
Nearly forty companies are now offering PIN FRs on ChemSec’s Marketplace for safer alternatives.
READ MOREInternational fire safety standard published
60-page first edition of IFSS “International Fire Safety Standards: Common Principles” was released 1st October 2020.
READ MORETough new PIN FR polyamides
pinfa member, Lanxess, has developed high strength & rigidity PA6-fibre composites achieving UL94-V0 @ 0,5 mm.
READ MOREMineral based FR synergist for CPR cables
Nabaltec’s new synergist improves processability, ageing and fire performance of ATH-filled LFHFR cables. Low Fire Hazard Fire Resistant cables achieve CPR (EU Construction Products Regulation) crit...
READ MOREWebinar: Fire safety and electric vehicles
Organised by pinfa in the European Fire Safety Week, the webinar 19th November 10h-11h30 CET
READ MOREEU Chemicals Strategy published
pinfa supports the European Commission’: “safer and more sustainable chemicals are a great economic opportunity”.
READ MOREEU consultations
Construction Products Regulation: open to 22nd Dec. 2020. See pinfa Newsletter n°117. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12458-Review-of-the-Construction-Produ...
READ MOREEU R&D funding on wildfires
Call for projects on preventing and fighting wildfires (Horizon 2020) open to 26 January 2021 @17h.
READ MORESCIP database for SVHCs in articles
New EU online database opens for companies to declare SVHCs (substances of very high concern) in articles.
READ MORECanada assesses melamine, TCPP, TDCPP
The Canadian Government has published draft screening assessments of melamine and of the chlorinated FRs TCPP and TDCPP.
READ MOREPIN FR fibres for rail standard composites
Integrating TFP’s nonwoven PIN FR fibre mat into epoxy, carbon-fibre epoxy and polyester enables a pass in key elements of EN45545-2.
READ MOREHigh-performance, ultra-insulating polymers
pinfa member BASF has developed new bromine, chlorine and antimony free FR polyamide and polyester solutions for IT, construction, e-mobility.
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